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(WSIL) -- An Illinois appellate court has dismissed Governor JB Pritzker's appeal involving a mask mandate in Illinois schools. That means sch…
An English pub that claims to be the oldest in Britain is closing due to financial problems worsened by the pandemic.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday said employees covered by the requirement have until Nov. 30 to be fully vaccinated.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) � Police officers shot and killed an armed man in front of dozens of witnesses, many of whom had gathered at Huntington Beach in Southern California for the U.S. Open of Surfing. A police spokeswoman says the shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the sand, after the surfing competition had ended for
UNITED NATIONS (AP) � The new rulers of Afghanistan have an uphill battle in their efforts to be recognized in time to address other world leaders at the United Nations this year. The Taliban are challenging the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government and asking to speak at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting
BERLIN (AP) � The German government has expressed concern at reports on the possible deployment of Russian mercenaries in Mali. Germany has several hundred soldiers taking part in United Nations stabilization and European Union training missions in the West African country. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Germany considers the possibility of such a cooperation between
BERLIN (AP) � Germany said China has rejected a planned stopover of a German warship in a Chinese port. The frigate left Germany last month for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region as part of the German government’s effort to increase its activities there. A German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday that “after some consideration,
WASHINGTON (AP) � Senate Democrats are paring back their signature elections bill in hopes of kickstarting their stalled push to pass it. They unveiled a new bill Tuesday aimed at counteracting state laws that could make it more difficult to cast a ballot. But the new compromise legislation is likely doomed to fail in the
NEW YORK (AP) � Twitter suspended the account of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis� press secretary for violating rules on “abusive behavior� after The Associated Press said her conduct led to a reporter receiving threats and other online abuse. The DeSantis aide, Christina Pushaw, saw her account locked for 12 hours, a Twitter spokeswoman said. Earlier